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FDR: The Japanese may cut the Burma Road; but I want to say to the gallant people of China that no matter what advances the…

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The Japanese may cut the Burma Road; but I want to say to the gallant people of China that no matter what advances the Japanese may make, ways will be found to deliver airplanes and munitions of war to the armies of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.
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Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt reassures the Chinese people about continued support against Japanese aggression.

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